Iceman Cometh @ BAM- Page 2

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 2/7/15 at 12:13pm

Do it ala Nicholas Nickleby or Wolf Hall.

Amazes me how they can remember all that dialogue.

[JBroadway]

Posted: 2/10/15 at 2:26pm

So, I'd really like to see this show, and I'm trying to weigh my options for tickets. How big is the theatre? Does the balcony feel very far away from the stage? Also, I found BAM's general policy for Student rush, but I'm assuming it's based on availability. Has anyone gotten a student rush ticket for this show yet? Or even just at this theatre? If so, will they only sell you balcony and rear-orchestra?

[Play Esq.]

Posted: 2/10/15 at 2:58pm

I went to the box office today (got great seats for early March) and there didn't seem to be much availability left in the orchestra for the dates I was looking at. I would imagine once reviews come out, this will be the hot ticket of the winter (despite its 5 hour run time...New Yorkers just love them some marathon theater). With that said, if you rush now, I imagine you'll have good odds to rush the orchestra. Good availability during the week.

Sadly, the balcony is just a pain (both to get to - long flight of stairs - and to sit in - really painful seats). I don't remember being annoyed by it when I first started going to BAM (I was 19 or 20 then). But now in my early 30s, I just don't have the patience for it anymore. I do recall the first row or two in the balcony being ok with regard to sight-lines.

Hope that helps! I personally can't wait to see this show!

[JBroadway]

Posted: 2/10/15 at 3:09pm

"I don't remember being annoyed by it when I first started going to BAM (I was 19 or 20 then)"

Well I'm 19 so I guess that's good news :) Thanks for the info!

[cardamon]

Posted: 2/10/15 at 3:49pm

The night I saw it, there were 10 people sitting on the floor in front of the first row of the orchestra. They were given black cushions with a bit of back support to sit on. I think those may have been the rush seats? The stage isn't raised at all, so they seemed like they had a good view.

[Play Esq.]

Posted: 2/10/15 at 3:58pm

^ Anyone who does this, please report back! I've always wanted to try those seats for various productions I've seen at BAM, but they're not always offered. It seems like such a neat experience to witness a production like this so close! I may have to see it twice to get both perspectives (provided the rush is not just students).

cardamon: LOVE your avatar!

Updated On: 2/10/15 at 03:58 PM

[cardamon]

Posted: 2/10/15 at 4:04pm

Thanks, Play Esq :)

For any tdf members, just noticed it's available for tomorrow night (Feb 11)

[RippedMan]

Posted: 2/12/15 at 1:40am

I have to say, I thought this whole thing was a complete verbose bore. The production itself is top-notch: great acting, beautiful design, great direction. I just didn't find the text all that captivating. Act 1 felt like years. The pacing felt slow. But at the same time, the whole thing did speed by. It didn't feel like 5 hours. But that said, I was never engaged. I was never wondering what was going to happen next. I just don't think I'm an O'Neil fan. But I'm glad I saw it at least.

The audience was truly terrible. I've never seen so many people with their cell phones blatantly out and checking them or texting or looking around or getting up, etc.

By the by, I was in the last row of the balcony and I didn't find the seats to be terrible at all. I never felt uncomfortable.

[Play Esq.]

Posted: 2/13/15 at 12:06am

And Isherwood is a rave, as expected. So glad to see this in 3 weeks! Anyone try the stage floor seats? Interested to see it from that perspective.
NY Times Review

[JPeterman]

Posted: 2/13/15 at 12:11am

I am not very familiar with BAM .... is there any way they may extend this? I will be in town toward the end of the month and would love to see it.

The BAM website lists another production starting 1 week after Iceman is supposed to close, so I am assuming there is not a way to extend it, what do you all think?

Is it possible for them to move it to another theater like their bigger place, Howard Gilman Opera House? Has anyone heard of them doing that for any other show?

[Play Esq.]

Posted: 2/13/15 at 12:19am

Unfortunately, BAM rarely extends as they have a new piece coming in, one after the next. On occasion, productions get transferred to Broadway (the Stewart Macbeth being the most recent example). But never have I seen a Harvey production transfer to the Gilman.

[JPeterman]

Posted: 2/13/15 at 12:23am

Thanks for responding .... too bad :o(

[wonderfulwizard11]

Posted: 2/13/15 at 12:30am

Even if shows transferred to the Opera House, there's a production playing there four days after Iceman closes, so that wouldn't be possible anyway. Not to mention Lane is scheduled to return to It's Only a Play after this run- so if you want to see it, don't count on being able to after March 15th.

[Wilmingtom]

Posted: 2/13/15 at 12:30am

A stunning production all around. While O'Neill takes his time laying out the expository building blocks in act one, it's never less than arresting if you're paying attention. And once Hickey enters, the fireworks begin and never diminish until the fateful, sorrowful, inevitable end. Katz's lighting illuminates the fable as earnestly as the extraordinary performances down the line. A spectacular production from Robert Falls of a spectacular play. Not to be missed by serious, mature theatergoers. I'll be in attendance again next week and if it has increased in its impact, someone may have to pound on my chest.

[Wilmingtom]

Posted: 2/13/15 at 12:30am

Updated On: 2/13/15 at 12:30 AM

[RippedMan]

Posted: 2/13/15 at 12:35am

Hm. I'm happy it's getting raves. I just didn't find it engaging at all. And noticed a lot of restless people around me. Maybe it's an age thing, but it just didn't grab me at all. I also had a hard time making out a lot of the lines. I don't know. It just didn't strike me as something I needed to see/hear.

[Play Esq.]

Posted: 2/13/15 at 12:49am

Please don't play the age card.

I remember NOT being able to make it to New York the season Lynn Redgrave (and amazing co.) performed Long Day's Journey and feeling so terribly disappointed. I was 19 and in college at UCLA. I think I may have read the play three times that summer imagining that cast in my head. I fell in love with O'Neill that year and have been obsessed ever since.

If you don't care for O'Neill: to each their own. But that has nothing to do with age.

[Wilmingtom]

Posted: 2/13/15 at 12:50am

Play Esq., I'm interested to know why you assumed The Times would give it a rave.

[Play Esq.]

Posted: 2/13/15 at 12:51am

Because Isherwood did so for the Goodman run.




Goodman Theater Updated On: 2/13/15 at 12:51 AM

[RippedMan]

Posted: 2/13/15 at 12:56am

Player Esq. I was only playing off what Wilmington said when he said "Not to be missed by serious, mature theatregoers."

I saw Desire Under the Elms and wasn't bored or anything. I actually liked it. But yeah, just not sure he's the playwright for me. I'm more of an Albee fan.

[Wilmingtom]

Posted: 2/13/15 at 12:58am

Gotcha. I'd forgotten that Isherwood reviewed the Chicago production. My bad.

[RippedMan]

Posted: 2/13/15 at 1:34am

I read his Chicago review when I was seeing the show, and he actually didn't seem to rave too much about Lane, just saying the ensemble as a whole is very strong, which I agree with. The only character I didn't care for was the younger guy. The way he spoke was grating. Everything was just information. No emotion behind anything.

[Natto]

Posted: 2/13/15 at 4:56am

And Isherwood is a rave, as expected. So glad to see this in 3 weeks! Anyone try the stage floor seats? Interested to see it from that perspective.

all the more reason why I am sad that this is not going to go to Broadway

[decotodd]

Posted: 2/13/15 at 4:17pm

I'm going to be in NYC for work the first week of March and may try and catch this. Is BAM an easy trip from Manhattan on subway or taxi (especially given the midnight ending time)

Thanks!

[wexy]

Posted: 2/13/15 at 4:29pm

its an easy trip from Manhattan...everything goes there..